House of Strangers

Synopsis

Feature film, based on the novel I’ll Never Go Home Any More by Jerome Weidman. A tyrannical Italian-American banker (Robinson) finds that his three sons turn against him when he is prosecuted by the state for illegal financial practices. He is defended in court by a fourth son (Conte), a maverick lawyer who tries to bribe a jury member and is betrayed to the police by one of his brothers. Coming out of prison, with the father dead, he swears revenge, but changes his mind and merely turns his back on them. Frequently cited and discussed as an adaptation of King Lear, the borrowing is perhaps more apparent in the western remake BROKEN LANCE.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1949

Duration

102 mins; 9,201 feet

Credits

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Producer

Sol C. Siegel

Cinematographer

Milton Krasner

Screenplay

Philip Yordan

Music

Daniele Amfitheatreof

Cast

Edward G Robinson	Gino Monetti (Lear)
Efrem, Jr Zimbalist	Tony Monetti
Luther Adler	Joe Monetti
Paul Valentine	Pietro Monetti
Richard Conte	Max Monetti
Susan Hayward	Irene Bennett

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

King Lear

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Broken Lance

Production Company

Name

20th Century Fox

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

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Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

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